On Friday, August 16 at 11 a.m., Knosh & Knowledge hosts panel discussion led by David Winitsky, founder and artistic director of the Jewish Plays Project, which will be presenting a weekend of new Jewish plays and voices at the Colonial Theatre on August 16-18. This conversation with…
In an excerpt from the just-released "Days of Memory: Listening to Jewish Italians Who Lived Through Fascism and the Holocaust," local historian Judith Monachina describes the work of Liliana Picciotto, the foremost historian of the period. in telling that story, Monachina also suggests…
In this Berkshire Jewish Voices From Israel column, we tell the story of Dr. Joshua Yurfest, the Pittsfield-based physician who embarked on a Sar-El mission to Israel this spring.
As Rabbi Levi Volovik points out, a holiday is different from a Holy Day. In this Rabbi Reflection column, he shares some thoughts on how to prepare for the Jewish Holy Days during the summer months preceding them.
"Perhaps the best part of summer is the abundance of locally grown fruits to be had. And the strawberry, among the first fruit to ripen in the Northeast, is king among them." So writes our Traveling With Jewish Taste columnist Carol Goodman Kaufman, who traces the beloved berry's history…
